OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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Shams al-Din Muhammad Shirazi Hafiz (d. AH 792/1390 AD): Diwan
Ottoman Turkey, late 16th/early 17th Century
Persian manuscript on polished cream paper, 200ff. with 14ll. of neat black nasta'liq arranged in two gold-outlined columns, portions of text divided by panels of gold flowers,opening bifolio with text within gold clouds and gold and polychrome illuminated heading, final folio with colophon signed Hashem, generally clean condition, in maroon marocco binding with flap with pale blue leather overlay and cartouche and spandrels with spiralling arabesques
Folio 7 x 4in. (17.7 x 10cm.)
Ottoman Turkey, late 16th/early 17th Century
Persian manuscript on polished cream paper, 200ff. with 14ll. of neat black nasta'liq arranged in two gold-outlined columns, portions of text divided by panels of gold flowers,opening bifolio with text within gold clouds and gold and polychrome illuminated heading, final folio with colophon signed Hashem, generally clean condition, in maroon marocco binding with flap with pale blue leather overlay and cartouche and spandrels with spiralling arabesques
Folio 7 x 4in. (17.7 x 10cm.)